Derek was born and raised in Saratoga, CA and grew up playing baseball, all the way through college. Through baseball, he developed a love of optimizing biomechanics, human movement, weightlifting, functional fitness and most of all, sharing his passion and knowledge with others. After graduating from college, Derek started dabbling in CrossFit, weightlifting, and powerlifting as a means to continue to learn about the potential of the human body and fell in love with all of the different modalities involved in CrossFit: gymnastics, weightlifting, aerobic endurance. He is incredibly excited to work with all the members of Standard Strength, whether their goals are to compete or just to look good and move well
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